Dear Carlton, I was also confused by this - although the way they said it might be the way they mean it. Kind regards, Olivier On 05/02/2014 16:15, Carlton Samuels wrote:
...um, maybe I'm misreading but if the content is exactly what was released, the EC endorsed the ALAC's position but seems to have attributed it to the GAC in the very next sentence!
*3. **ALAC -- Community applications statement*
It is important to make a specific reference to the At-Large Community (ALAC) statement of 9.08.2013 on preferential treatment for community applications in string contention; ALAC stressed that some of the new gTLD applications that are intended for communities and have wide public support were not submitted as community applications; those applications are currently in contention with others not designed for the benefit of specific communities and driven purely by commercial considerations. In this regard the European Commission (consistent with its position in the GAC) fully endorses the GAC view that community applications and applications with community support should be given preferential treatment in the new gTLD string contention resolution process, and remind the clear above mentioned GAC Beijing and Durban Communiques.
-Carlton
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